Foundations of Privacy and Data Protection training
Take the first step to becoming an industry expert with the IAPP’s Foundations of Privacy and Data Protection training course — providing knowledge that can be put to work immediately.
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Why train?
Covering the most fundamental privacy concepts and practices, the course details legal and regulatory frameworks, describes common operational processes, and illustrates data protection at work through case studies and real-world examples.
Who should train?
Foundations training helps companies develop critical skills and common language in areas with growing privacy responsibilities, such as marketing, human resources, technology and finance. It is also for individuals considering privacy as a career and those who need to prepare for advanced IAPP training and certification.
Course curriculum
The Foundations curriculum combines theoretical and practical instruction in fundamental privacy concepts, legal models and emerging issues. See the course outline for more details on each learning module.
- Introduces learners to the fundamental roles and concepts of privacy and data protection.
- Helps professionals charged with integrating sophisticated information management practices to safeguard personal data, earn customer and stakeholder trust, and address business and operational needs.
- Defines FIPs, explores their origins and examines how they relate to one another to create a data protection framework.
- Helps learners interpret FIPs to solve data protection problems in regular work activities.
- Helps learners identify each phase of the data life cycle and how each is relevant to stakeholder needs and expectations.
- Explains how to identify gaps and propose improvements in data life cycle governance.
- Examines models for data protection.
- Explores key differences between the main models and their comparative advantages and disadvantages.
- Provides an overview of major privacy and data protection laws around the world.
- Helps learners better understand the evolving data protection landscape and its current state.
- Offers real-world examples of enterprises accused of failing to comply with data protection provisions.
- Covers companies that have worked effectively with regulators to protect personal data.
- Investigates key emerging topics related to data protection.
- Defines a consistent methodology for examining and reacting to an emerging issue.
- Explores how to identify relevant components of a new topic, assess the situation and apply privacy principles.
Pick your training format
The IAPP provides flexible and engaging learning experiences. Choose from online, live online, in-person and group learning environments.
Online
Learn at your own pace with training modules that present content from highly experienced instructors through video, audio, text and interactive quizzes.
Live online
Train from any location through a virtual classroom on your computer and experience the same real-time exchange of ideas of a physical environment.
In-person
Experience traditional, in-person learning sessions led by an industry thought leader, and network with industry peers.
Group
Address your organization's digital responsibility needs with IAPP group training, delivered on-site and at your convenience.
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